Characteristic | Grade point average | |||||||||
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2000 | 1998 | 1994 | 1990 | 1987 | ||||||
Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | Mean | s.e. | |
Military Science | 3.03 | 0.075 | 2.98 | 0.055 | 2.97 | 0.052 | 2.79 | 0.068 | 2.74 | 0.078 |
Student gender | ||||||||||
Male | 2.95 | 0.072 | 2.99 | 0.054 | 2.93 | 0.056 | 2.79 | 0.069 | 2.73 | 0.091 |
Female | 3.10 | 0.085 | 2.98 | 0.068 | 3.03 | 0.084 | 2.79 | 0.105 | 2.76 | 0.084 |
Student race/ethnicity1 | ||||||||||
White | 3.12 | 0.081 | 3.18 | 0.044 | 3.14 | 0.097 | 2.98 | 0.072 | 2.87 | 0.117 |
Black | 2.82 | 0.097 | 2.83 | 0.055 | 2.80 | 0.074 | 2.52 | 0.118 | 2.62 | 0.079 |
Hispanic | 3.12 | 0.085 | 2.92 | 0.084 | 2.99 | 0.122 | 2.80 | 0.103 | 2.86 | 0.089 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 3.32 | 0.199 | 3.31 | 0.266 | 3.00 | 0.078 | 3.32 | 0.138 | 2.66 | 0.232 |
American Indian | 3.31 | 0.125 | 3.13 | 0.281 | 2.61 | 0.177 | 3.31 | 0.831 | 1.85 | 0.467 |
Student program | ||||||||||
Academic | 3.07 | 0.096 | 3.09 | 0.063 | 3.04 | 0.050 | 2.91 | 0.055 | 2.85 | 0.096 |
Vocational | 2.73 | 0.133 | 2.53 | 0.206 | 2.41 | 0.137 | 2.33 | 0.197 | 2.81 | 0.085 |
Both | 2.98 | 0.072 | 2.87 | 0.081 | 3.03 | 0.104 | 2.70 | 0.148 | 2.47 | 0.114 |
Neither | 2.68 | 0.109 | 2.50 | 0.099 | 2.54 | 0.096 | 2.31 | 0.166 | 2.61 | 0.149 |
Community type | ||||||||||
Urban | 2.96 | 0.078 | 2.83 | 0.086 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Suburban | 3.00 | 0.156 | 3.14 | 0.086 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Rural | 3.19 | 0.071 | 3.05 | 0.053 | † | † | † | † | † | † |
Big city | † | † | † | † | 2.99 | 0.091 | 2.86 | 0.135 | 2.80 | 0.088 |
Urban fringe | † | † | † | † | 2.95 | 0.108 | 2.77 | 0.095 | 2.55 | 0.197 |
Medium city | † | † | † | † | 3.04 | 0.134 | 2.70 | 0.230 | 2.84 | 0.188 |
Small place | † | † | † | † | 2.92 | 0.088 | 2.78 | 0.108 | 2.72 | 0.144 |
School type | ||||||||||
Public | 3.03 | 0.075 | 2.98 | 0.055 | 2.98 | 0.054 | 2.75 | 0.078 | 2.74 | 0.079 |
Nonpublic | — | — | 4.00 | # | 2.74 | 0.696 | 2.96 | 0.036 | 2.00 | # |
Region of the country2 | ||||||||||
Northeast | 2.71 | 0.218 | 2.85 | 0.423 | 2.59 | 0.250 | 2.93 | 0.037 | 2.59 | 0.212 |
South | 3.00 | 0.101 | 3.01 | 0.066 | 2.97 | 0.067 | 2.71 | 0.112 | 2.70 | 0.089 |
Midwest | 3.18 | 0.094 | 2.71 | 0.104 | 3.14 | 0.091 | 2.76 | 0.099 | 2.88 | 0.204 |
West | 3.15 | 0.073 | 3.06 | 0.097 | 3.02 | 0.084 | 2.91 | 0.068 | 2.80 | 0.116 |
— Not available.
# Rounds to zero.
† Not applicable. The community type definitions used in 1987, 1990, and 1994 differed from the definitions used in 1998 and 2000.
1 American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.
2 "Region of the country" refers to the Census-defined regions. For more information about Census-defined regions, see the U.S. Census Bureau online publication "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf [1.1M PDF]).
NOTE: Grade point averages presented in the 1982 High School and Beyond transcript study do not comply to the same four-point scale used by the High School Transcript Studies.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Transcript Study (HSTS), Selected years 1987–2000.